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Proms 2024
15 Aug 2022, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2022 Prom 39: Mark-Anthony Turnage, Vaughan Williams and Elgar

Prom 39
Prom 39: Mark-Anthony Turnage, Vaughan Williams and Elgar
19:30 Mon 15 Aug 2022 Royal Albert Hall
Elgar’s First Symphony, Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto and a swinging new showpiece from Mark-Anthony Turnage: music that could have been made for the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo.
Elgar’s First Symphony, Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto and a swinging new showpiece from Mark-Anthony Turnage: music that could have been made for the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo.

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A muffled drum, a quiet march … and the melody for which a nation had been waiting. From first hesitant notes to heaven-storming conclusion, Elgar’s First Symphony is more than just a landmark in British music: it’s the autobiography of a creative spirit, passionate, troubled and profoundly moving. 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo has loved the music of Elgar for decades, and it’s a thrilling contrast to the playfulness and poetry of Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto, played by rising international brass star Constantin Hartwig. Meanwhile, what’s a composer to do when he’s invited to the Tokyo Olympics during a global travel ban? Mark-Anthony Turnage lets his music do the globetrotting in his jazz-inspired Time Flies.

Image: Constantin Hartwig © Tobias Epp

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